paradigm-health - Senior Staff Accountant

• Revenue Accounting & ASC 606 Compliance • NetSuite ARM Ownership: Manage and execute revenue recognition configurations, rules, and arrangements within the NetSuite Advanced Revenue Management (ARM) module, including revenue arrangement setup, allocation, and schedule maintenance. • ASC 606 Application: Apply revenue recognition standards to complex, multi-element contracts common in CRO and pharma environments — including milestone payments, pass-through costs, and upfront fees — across Paradigm's service configurations (Planning, Recruitment, Study Conduct/eSource, and SPIRE/Phase 4). • Contract Review: Analyze customer contracts and work orders to determine appropriate accounting treatment and revenue schedules, and ensure new contracts, amendments, and pricing configurations are reflected correctly in the accounting records. • Tracking Metrics: Monitor project progress, units of service, and investigator fees to align actual clinical trial milestones with monthly revenue recognition • Financial Reporting & Month-End Close • Journal Entries: Prepare and post month-end journal entries for deferred revenue, accrued revenue, and unbilled receivables, along with other close-related entries and supporting schedules. • Reconciliations: Reconcile complex balance sheet accounts — including deferred revenue, unbilled receivables, and accounts receivable — tracking variances back to NetSuite ARM and resolving discrepancies between ARM output and the general ledger. • Flux Analysis: Perform monthly variance analysis on revenue and cost of goods sold (COGS) lines to support management reporting. • AR & Billing: Own all accounts receivable, billing, and collections analysis, including monitoring of AR balances tied to billing schedules and standard DSO terms. • AP & Vendor payments: Own all accounts payable workflow using RAMP. Ensuring all vendor spend meets procurement compliance. • Audit & Internal Controls • Serve as a key liaison for the year-end financial statement audit: plan and manage the audit timeline in coordination with the CFO and Associate Director of Finance and Accounting independent audit firm. • Audit Support: Prepare audit-ready schedules, PBC (prepared-by-client) items, documentation, and system reports for external auditors for quarterly and year-end audits. • Support the design, documentation, and ongoing operation of internal controls over financial reporting, identifying process improvements as the company scales. • Use RAMP to manage accounts payable workflows, procurement approvals, and/or spend controls, ensuring transactions are properly coded, approved, and supported by documentation. • Contribute to the preparation of financial statements, footnote disclosures, and supporting audit workpapers. • Process Improvement & Collaboration • System Optimization: Partner with NetSuite administrators and third-party Partners to enhance the ARM module, streamline automated workflows, and troubleshoot system errors. • Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate with Project Management, Clinical Operations, Commercial, FP&A, and Legal to track contract modifications, change orders, and project timelines. • Take on ad hoc accounting projects and process improvement initiatives as Paradigm Health's finance function matures.